Word: rome
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many Italians fear that calling elections would set the scene for even more terrorism. "This is a period when this country cannot afford to be without political leadership," said a Western diplomat in Rome last week. "The vacuum and confusion created by an electoral campaign could be extremely dangerous.' Predicted Socialist Leader Bettino Craxi: "Early elections would be a concession to the Red Brigades, who want destabilization and chaos in this country...
...plans. When the Commander of the Imperial Guard arrived to deliver the decree to the prime minister he was arrested. The army remained loyal to Mossadeq and significantly the mobs hired by the CIA were unable to stir up popular enthusiasm for the Shah, who fled to Rome. The CIA was not invincible. The successful coup only came about because Roosevelt was able to learn lessons from his mistakes and because dissatisfaction grew among Mossadeq's supporters...
...Rome the Shah was despondent. A gynecologist provided by the CIA was giving a course of injections to his wife, Soroya, in a vain attempt to reverse her childlessness. He badgered her so often to make love with her husband that she finally lost her temper. "Doctor," she snapped, "all I'm asking you to do is find something to break my eggs. I'll see the Shah goes on making omelettes." The news of the successful coup cheered the Shah over this contretemps, however, and he returned triumphantly to Iran...
Diana E. Kleiner, another new Mellon fellow and assistant professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts said yesterday she intends to teach a seminar on art patronage in ancient Rome, or on political propaganda in Greek and Roman...
That is what happens in the current instance. Despite its title, Julius Caesar is Brutus' play. It is the tragedy of a philosopher-saint. From the beginning, he is morally wary of Cassius' insinuative efforts to draw him into a conspiracy against Caesar. Yet his love for Rome renders him vulnerable. He asks Cassius to speak openly...